Cantonese · 18 September 2026 · Night Markets and Street Food
掃街
sou3 gaai1Jyutping
to go on a street food crawl (literally 'to sweep the streets')
verb-object phrase
A highly popular local slang term meaning to graze continuously on street food from multiple different stalls down an entire road or neighborhood instead of eating a regular sit-down restaurant meal.
In a sentence
唔好食飯住呀，一陣去葵廣最高層野心勃勃去掃街！
m4 hou2 sik6 faan6 zyu6 aa3, jat1 zan6 heoi3 kwai4 gwong2 zeoi6 gou1 cang4 je5 sam1 but6 but6 heoi3 sou3 gaai1!
Don't eat dinner yet; in a bit we're heading to the top floor of Kwai Chung Plaza with full ambition to go on a massive street food crawl!